{"id":859449,"date":"2026-09-24T22:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859449\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T22:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T22:06:11","slug":"4-top-40-hits-from-1964-that-every-baby-boomer-can-still-sing-by-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859449\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Top 40 Hits From 1964 That Every Baby Boomer Can Still Sing by Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The music we became attached to in our youth has a way of sticking with us for the rest of our lives, and the baby boomers arguably had some of the best music to choose from. That\u2019s certainly true of the songs topping the charts in 1964, including these four Top 40 hits that every baby boomer can likely still sing by heart decades later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Want To Hold Your Hand\u201d by The Beatles<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790287569_434_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Beatles were on a fast ascent to rock \u2018n\u2019 roll stardom in 1964, and indeed, songs like <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/beatlemania-comes-to-america-the-story-behind-i-want-to-hold-your-hand-by-the-beatles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cI Want To Hold Your Hand\u201d<\/a> only sped them along. Some of the Fab Four\u2019s most iconic tracks came out of this era, with multiple songs lingering in the Top 40 at a time. \u201cI Want To Hold Your Hand\u201d is deeply ingrained in the heart of every baby boomer alive\u2014so much so that even the opening vamp is instantly recognizable.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Get Around\u201d by The Beach Boys<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790287570_86_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Beatlemania was still making its way across the country, surf-pop groups like The Beach Boys enjoyed their last few years of success before the rise of heavier rock \u2018n\u2019 roll took precedence. Songs like <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-real-story-behind-the-beach-boys-make-or-break-classic-i-get-around\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cI Get Around\u201d<\/a> have become synonymous with the sunshiney, bubblegum-pop style of the early 1960s. Even six decades later, every baby boomer can probably sing along to every vocal part on this classic record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, Pretty Woman\u201d by Roy Orbison<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790287571_463_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roy Orbison topped the charts for three weeks after the late-summer release of <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-story-behind-roy-orbisons-repeat-hit-oh-pretty-woman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOh, Pretty Woman\u201d<\/a>. The song is an early rock \u2018n\u2019 roll classic, embodying a distinct era of rock that saw the heaviest influence from rockabilly. The song also gained new life in 1990 with the Julia Roberts and Richard Gere film, Pretty Woman, which, naturally, utilized the Orbison track. Moreover, we\u2019d wager it\u2019s safe to say every baby boomer can sing along to the signature guitar riff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Guy\u201d by Mary Wells<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790287571_520_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/4-songs-from-1964-every-60s-kid-heard-while-riding-in-the-family-car-to-school-each-morning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">song from 1964<\/a> that gained new life in the 1990s (thanks, Sister Act) is \u201cMy Guy\u201d by Mary Wells. The classic pop hit is a feel-good love song about how much the narrator adores their man\u2014just good ol\u2019 wholesome romance. Every baby boomer alive knows that the next line after \u201cnothing you could do\u201d in this 1964 Top 40 hit is \u201ccause I\u2019m stuck like glue to my guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo by Barham\/Tony Eyles\/Mirrorpix\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The music we became attached to in our youth has a way of sticking with us for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[24911,88,216,17172],"class_list":["post-859449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1960s","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-pop-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}